I love discovering a new tidbit that captures my interest and sends me down an internet or literary rabbit hole. Durning the period of Coronavirus isolation I have indulged in rabbit hole: reading the works of Kentucky author Silas House, reading a Micheal Farris Smith novel because I liked his Good Dog submission in Garden … Continue reading Down the Rabbit Hole in the Time of Coronavirus
Book Review: The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
The love that Silas House has for Kentucky and Tennessee and its people is evident in the care he takes in crafting beautifully written novels about people that can be easily written off as dumb hillbillies by the outside world. “Sisters don’t make up, El. They just go back to the way things were.” The … Continue reading Book Review: The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
Fridays in the time of Coronavirus
For the past month I have been taking off a day a week to go trail ride horses with Dad. We don’t talk much while on the trail, but we have noted the stages of the forest canopy filling out, the rotation of wildflowers and the growth and flowering of broad leaf magnolias. Most of … Continue reading Fridays in the time of Coronavirus
Love and the Modern Cowgirl
Moe Or how online dating and looking for a new horse are eerily similar. Or looking for Mr. Good Barn. I entered the world of on-line dating last fall. It has been an adventure. I can detect a bot in 15 words or less. I have learned that rejection is protection. I have met a … Continue reading Love and the Modern Cowgirl
Book Review: Falling Angels
Two young girls meet in a cemetery on the day Queen Victoria dies. Two young women meet their again nine years later when King Edward dies. The Victorians valued women as wives and for their domestic skills. Mourning was elevated to an art form with a Queen who mourned her spouse for 40 years. With … Continue reading Book Review: Falling Angels
Book Review: Southernmost by Silas House
I don’t known if there are so many stories about the South because we are better storytellers or if it is because we are more conflicted or both. Maybe this Georgia highway sign in “Southernmost” sums it up: “Just Ahead: Boiled P-Nuts Ripe GA Grown Water Meluns This Flag is Heritage, Not Hate G E … Continue reading Book Review: Southernmost by Silas House
A Life Told in Dog Names
My Dog Jolene Last night I watched “My Dog Skip”, a beautiful movie set in the 1940’s about a boy (author Willie Morris) and his dog Skip. I cried the entire time. I took comfort in the sweetness and nostalgia of the story. I’m even crying as I write this in the time of Coronavirus. … Continue reading A Life Told in Dog Names
The Best Gift
We are bombarded with lots of messages, but yesterday this one really landed with me: “The Art of making someone feel seen and special is the best gift.” Think of all the times you have been seen; the times you you caught another’s eye and knew you were not alone, the time you looked into … Continue reading The Best Gift
Trust the Whisper
In yoga we talk a lot about release. For me 2019 has been the year of release. There have been so many times I thought I was done only to find myself in another round of letting go of expectations, a false sense of control, old thoughts, beliefs, stored emotions, ignored pain, people, groups, pets, … Continue reading Trust the Whisper
Book Review: Rules of Magic
"Rules of Magic: Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can.” Sometimes you pick up a book that is as comforting as a warm sweater and a soft blanket on a dark fall evening. I enjoyed every moment I spent … Continue reading Book Review: Rules of Magic
